I was sitting at home on my computer early this morning when I heard a ruckus out back. I raised the blind and there stood a neighborhood cat and a fox facing off. I ran and grabbed my camera and got about 70 shots. Not the greatest quality since I was shooting through Winter grungy windows with a long lens and low light but decent enough. I tried to go outside in my bare feet to get a better shot but our squirrel that we feed every morning started raising Hell and demanding his breakfast. This scared the fox away. But I think he's made a den in our defunct BBQ pit out back. I'll have to check tomorrow morning. So here are some fox photos along with part of Dr. Seuss's Ode to Foxes called Fox in Socks.

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Knox in box.Fox in socks.

Knox on fox in socks in box.

Socks on Knox and Knox in box.

Fox in socks on box on Knox.

Chicks with bricks come.Chicks with blocks come.Chicks with bricks and blocks and clocks come.

Thank the gods for the Curves and Hue/saturation palletes in PhotoShop. The originals are somewhat cloudy because of the grime on the windows left from the winter and the glass is old and has some flaws in it. If he sticks around maybe I can get some better shots.

All Winter long that Squirell and his family did nothing but eat peanuts, hickory nuts, black walnuts and pecan we threw out for them. He's going to need a diet now. I don't know if the fox was random or a permanent addition. However, if she/he has a litter, i may have to consider calling the Wildlife folks and having them relocate the family. I don't trust my neighbors to keep them from harm.

That squirrel picture reminds me I need to ask my dad how the pecan crop was this year. I don't know how many he was able to get because his knee was acting up but the trees were loaded when I saw them in December.